Neponsit Beach Hospital
Queens, United States
Exterior only
Visible from the street; the inside is private.
Find out more
Neponsit Beach Hospital was a municipal tuberculosis sanatorium designed by McKim, Mead & White and completed in 1915 on the western Rockaway peninsula in Queens, adjacent to Jacob Riis Park. Originally focused on treating children, the facility shifted to serving military veterans during and after World War II before closing in 1955 as the demand for tuberculosis treatment declined. The complex subsequently operated as a nursing home under various names until its controversial closure in 1998. The building was demolished in 2023.
Architect
- Built
- Type
- sanatorium, former hospital
- Place
- Queens, United States
This building on
Architecturally similar
Seaview HospitalStaten Island, United States
Greystone Park Psychiatric HospitalMorris Plains, United States
Paimio SanatoriumPaimio, Finland
Cranberry Specialty HospitalPlymouth County, United States
R & S BuildingManhattan, United States
Naval Hospital PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, United States
Prentice Women's Hospital BuildingIllinois, United States
Will Rogers Memorial HospitalNew York, United States
Location